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Re: Naming Ships
From: Jared Sherman
Date: 2003 Jan 23, 22:43 -0500
From: Jared Sherman
Date: 2003 Jan 23, 22:43 -0500
I've heard it both ways, Robert. Of course, you might be looking for Canadian usage. Down here in the states we still speak "The King's English" (George etc.) but over in England they call it "The Queen's English" (ER-II)when they speak. I think "common proper" English requires the use of the article, but naval and marine tradition does not use it since a ship is a "person". You'd refer to Admiral Nelson, the Admiral, but never "The Admiral Nelson" when you were talking about that person. I suppose how a ship is called tells you something about the person calling her.
